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On Tuesday 20th November 5 Live is hosted the #sextakeover - a day of programming focussed on sexual behaviour, relationships and attitudes in the UK.

As part of the event, we commissioned a poll to find out more about the UK's attitudes towards sex.

Nearly half (47%) of British adults say their school sex education did not prepare them for their sex life at all.

One in six (16%) British adults say they did not receive any sex education at school.

Two in five (40%) adults aged 18-34 say their school education prepared them for their sex life ‘a little’, compared with three in ten (31%) 35-54 year olds and one in six (16%) 55+ year olds who say the same.

This video was made produced by students from the University of Sunderland.

[ComRes interviewed 2,066 British adults online between 7th and 8th November 2018. The data were weighted to be representative of all British adults by age, gender, region and social grade. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.]

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